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Table 1 Search terms for literature review to determine the contribution of different Anopheles species to malaria transmission

From: Changes in contributions of different Anopheles vector species to malaria transmission in east and southern Africa from 2000 to 2022

Search ID

Search queries

PubMed

Global Health

Web of Science

S1

Sporozoite

Sporozoite

Sporozoite

S2

‘‘Sporozoites’’ [MeSH]

DE “Sporozoite”

Sporozoite rate

S3

Sporozoite rate

Sporozoite rate

Proportion with sporozoite

S4

Proportion with sporozoite

Proportion with sporozoite

Entomological inoculation rate

S5

Entomological inoculation rate

Entomological inoculation rate

EIR

S6

EIR

EIR

S1 OR S2 OR S3 OR S4 OR S5

S7

S1 OR S2 OR S3 OR S4 OR S5

S1 OR S2 OR S3 OR S4 OR S5 OR S6

Anopheles

S8

Anopheles

Anopheles

Africa

S9

‘‘Anopheles’’ [MeSH]

DE “Anopheles

S6 AND S7 AND S8

S10

S7 OR S8

S8 OR S9

S6 AND S7 AND S8 (2000–2023)

S11

Africa

Africa

 

S12

S6 AND S7 AND S8

S7 AND S10 AND S11

 

S13

S6 AND S7 AND S8 (2000–2023)

S7 AND S10 AND S11 (2000–2023)

 
  1. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) and Descriptor Index (DE) terms were used, where appropriate, to indicate subject headings in PubMed and Global Health, respectively. The Web of Science database does not allow the use of subject headings; thus only keywords were used to search for articles